Name: Winter Sun
Brand: Elva

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TR433

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Discs

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-04-19

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

4015698025552

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TR433LP

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4015698025583

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Elva

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Tapete

Elva is the new project of Allo Darlin's Elizabeth Morris and Ola Innset, of the Norwegian bands Making Marks and Sunturns. Winter Sun was recorded in the autumn of 2018 in an old school house in the Swedish forest, during moose hunting season. Meaning "The River" in Norwegian, Elva take their inspiration from the natural world, the beauty of the Scandinavian summer and the harshness of the winter. Several of the songs on the album are tellingly inspired by the birth of Elizabeth's and Ola's daughter. Some might feel the album is sonically most similar to the Allo Darlin' album <i>Europe</i>, thanks in part to the lush string arrangements courtesy of long-time Allo Darlin' collaborator Dan Mayfield on violin and cellist Ofelia Østrem Ossum. Michael Collins, who played drums in Allo Darlin', recorded and produced the album, building on work he has done in recent years with artists like Metronomy and Girl Ray. Diego Ivars on bass and Jørgen Nordby on drums round out the band. The sonic palate of the record is detailed and delicate, with a mix of acoustic and distorted guitars, vintage keyboards, strings and intricate vocal harmonies. Lyrically and melodically, the album showcases the depth of both Morris's and Innset's songwriting. At times recalling the gentleness and screech of American indie bands like Yo La Tengo, at other times the country-tinged heartbreak of Linda Ronstadt or Laura Veirs, 

Winter Sun

Music GB